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a solution in fiscal cliff negotiations.. and stressed that taxes on the middle class should not go up.. he also commended the leadership shown by governors in the northeast during superstorm sandy. the president however, couldn't escape the firestorm of criticsim over embattled u-s u-n ambassador susan rice. he showed his support when answering a reporters question. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the (applause) >>pam: rice is considered a top candidate to replace secretary of state hillary clinton... but she has been accused by republicans of misleading americans about what prompted the deadly september 11th attack on the u-s consulate in libya. this wild scene broke out in a milwaukee courthouse today.. after a driver was sentenced to prison for hitting and killing a boy. 23-year-old dedrick ashford received a year behind bars and one year probation for the fatal crash. the victim's family members became upset after the sentence came down.. and started brawling with ashford's relatives. as many as tw
a solution in fiscal cliff negotiations.. and stressed that taxes on the middle class should not go up.. he also commended the leadership shown by governors in the northeast during superstorm sandy. the president however, couldn't escape the firestorm of criticsim over embattled u-s u-n ambassador susan rice. he showed his support when answering a reporters question. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the (applause) >>pam: rice is considered a top candidate to...
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obama told bloomberg news, the latest plan put forth by house speaker john boehner, simply does not add up. republicans have been equally dismissive of the last proposal from the president. tax rates on the wealthy remain the key sticking point between both sides. after a white house meeting tuesday, a bi- partisan group of governors expressed hope that an agreement will be reached soon. experts forecast economic turmoil in january, if a deal is not reached. >> john boehner took a break from the negotiations to help light of the christmas tree. eagle scout, from colorado springs helped out and there is. the crowd in cheers and the u.s. air force played " a christmas tree " and other holiday classics. this is a spruce tree from call rental white river national forest. it has 10,000 lights, ornaments and will be let in each night until the day after christmas. >> we are going to take a look at the golden gate bridge. dry roadways. the bulk of the wet weather is to the north. it is going to pick up in intensity, overnight. it will impact certain areas to more with moderate/heavy downpo
obama told bloomberg news, the latest plan put forth by house speaker john boehner, simply does not add up. republicans have been equally dismissive of the last proposal from the president. tax rates on the wealthy remain the key sticking point between both sides. after a white house meeting tuesday, a bi- partisan group of governors expressed hope that an agreement will be reached soon. experts forecast economic turmoil in january, if a deal is not reached. >> john boehner took a break...
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this coming january's inauguration for president obama will follow the same trend. there'll be close to 800,000 down from the million that crowded the national mall four years ago. >> the time is now 5:34 a.m. and the morning commute looks to be pretty good as far as the weather goes. this and the sale bridge looks great, a clear dry an easy ride. we will be right back. hong ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. let's take a quick look at the weather. it looks like mid-week but weather will be nice and mild into the weekend. all in all, not a bad looking for cast. we will get a detailed look with erica in just a bit. >> this weekend's big star caused quite a bit of flooding and damage all around the bay area. we have some pictures of from facebook. there's a tree toppled over here. there's also a picture coming in from the golden gate bridge. a tree here falling in a richmond neighborhood on the corne
this coming january's inauguration for president obama will follow the same trend. there'll be close to 800,000 down from the million that crowded the national mall four years ago. >> the time is now 5:34 a.m. and the morning commute looks to be pretty good as far as the weather goes. this and the sale bridge looks great, a clear dry an easy ride. we will be right back. hong ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even...
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president obama hit with some tough questions surrounding the fiscal cliff negotiations. and it all surrounds talks boener... or lack there of! news. >> the president and lawmakers have only 28 days now.. to make some kind of deal before the country hits the so-called fiscal cliff. president obama says, there isn't enough time to do a comprehensive deal including tax reform and fixing medicare. so he wants congress to do a down payment by raising tax rates for the wealthy "now"... and putting off the hard work until next year. but, as jessica yellin reports, he has to win over the republicans to make that happen. what does president obama think of speaker boehner's proposal to avert the fiscal cliff? >> "unfortunately, the speaker's proposal right now is still out of balance he talks, for example, about a 800 billion dollars billion worth of revenues, but he says he will do that by lowering rates. when you look at the math, it doesand he won't agree to eliminate a tax dedication >> "every hospital and university and not for profit agency across the themselves on the verge
president obama hit with some tough questions surrounding the fiscal cliff negotiations. and it all surrounds talks boener... or lack there of! news. >> the president and lawmakers have only 28 days now.. to make some kind of deal before the country hits the so-called fiscal cliff. president obama says, there isn't enough time to do a comprehensive deal including tax reform and fixing medicare. so he wants congress to do a down payment by raising tax rates for the wealthy...
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his two top negotiators will meet tomorrow on capitol hill. the sessions are important step on determining how the government can work together. a seemingly slight change in tone in washington today kron4's political analyst michael yaki is here to talk about it all -- >> in order to kick the debt ceiling the wanted its deficit reduction and this is basically that a stop- active measure to save it or to get a deal done. nobody wants to go there but we need deficit reduction and this is how we to it. >> . read saying that was not doing that well but now, john boehner is a saying that it is a little bit better what is going on? >> not really anything they are still talking at each other and the president is now bringing more to the bargaining table for john boehner to bring more provisions for the debt ceiling. >> at least four more weeks to get this done this is huge which is already it is a lumbering along in doing anything realistically was of the public expect at this point? >> what the president is trying to to he has the upper holtz. congr
his two top negotiators will meet tomorrow on capitol hill. the sessions are important step on determining how the government can work together. a seemingly slight change in tone in washington today kron4's political analyst michael yaki is here to talk about it all -- >> in order to kick the debt ceiling the wanted its deficit reduction and this is basically that a stop- active measure to save it or to get a deal done. nobody wants to go there but we need deficit reduction and this is...
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president obama is taking his case for avoiding a fiscal cliff to the philadelphia suburbs. the trip comes amid signs of impatience in the negotiations between republican leaders and the white house. the white house officials believe today's triple bill brought into for the president's case, even as republicans describe it and their tent and an obstacle to a fruitful talks. >> we are following that. we have to take a quick break we will be back with more coverage in a minute. here's a look at the james lick freeway. we have roadways that are wet all around the bay area this morning we just told him about a hot spot in the east bay. we have winds howling in the bay this morning. we have more on all of this coming up in just a minute. >> [ male announcer ] this december, remember -- ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. welcome back t
president obama is taking his case for avoiding a fiscal cliff to the philadelphia suburbs. the trip comes amid signs of impatience in the negotiations between republican leaders and the white house. the white house officials believe today's triple bill brought into for the president's case, even as republicans describe it and their tent and an obstacle to a fruitful talks. >> we are following that. we have to take a quick break we will be back with more coverage in a minute. here's a...
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the-board budget cuts would take effect. >>> little is being said about the meeting between president obama and mitt romney. the two had lunch at the white house yesterday their first face-to-face encounter since their final presidential debate. the media were kept away from the private get-together. white house officials say the two discussed u.s. leadership in the world and promised to stay in contact. >>> united states supreme court is due veal today whether it will take up california's same- sex marriage debate. this afternoon the court is due it reveal a list of cases it plans to review. if the prop 8 case is on the list it would likely be decided next summer. but if the justices opt not to hear it, the appeals court ruling against prop 8 would stand. >> if the court denies the appeal and marriages resume it's a historic day in california. if the court hears the case, we believe we'll have that huge historic day. it will just take place a little farther down the road next june. >> meanwhile prop 8 supporters say if their appeal fails it would go against the wilf the california voters.
the-board budget cuts would take effect. >>> little is being said about the meeting between president obama and mitt romney. the two had lunch at the white house yesterday their first face-to-face encounter since their final presidential debate. the media were kept away from the private get-together. white house officials say the two discussed u.s. leadership in the world and promised to stay in contact. >>> united states supreme court is due veal today whether it will take up...
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. >> that's not negotiating. that's hostage taking. >> pelosi and other democrat respect pushing for president obama's plan. it would extend the bush tax cut for the middle class but raise taxes on incomes over $250,000 a year. republican senator jim demint calls the idea quote, outlandish. >> republicans should not be conceding that the federal government needs more money negotiating with ourselves and teating the president's proposal like it's serious. >> republican house speaker john boehner has come out against any tax hike and has refused to bring the democratic plan for a vote. >>> the dow fell almost 14 points. nasdaq lost 5 1/2. the s & p fell 2 1/2 points. >>> yahoo is buying another silicon startup. sunnyvale's yahoo acquired on the air today. the service enables users to hold online video chats in a talk show foremated. >>> a monstrous typhoon has killed 74 people in the philippines and the deattoll is expected to rise. 23 of the people drowned in flooding caused by the typhoon. the storm made landfall
. >> that's not negotiating. that's hostage taking. >> pelosi and other democrat respect pushing for president obama's plan. it would extend the bush tax cut for the middle class but raise taxes on incomes over $250,000 a year. republican senator jim demint calls the idea quote, outlandish. >> republicans should not be conceding that the federal government needs more money negotiating with ourselves and teating the president's proposal like it's serious. >> republican...
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are going over the cliff, it is clear they've made a political calculation. >> reporter: president obama and his team are demanding that congress allow bush era tax cuts to expire. >> there is no responsible way we can govern this country with those low rates in place for future generations those rates have to go up. >> reporter: republicans have drawn a line in the sand on raising tax rates signaling they are open to raising revenue by reforming the tax code and limiting reductions for the wealthy. >> right now i would say we are nowhere. >> reporter: president obama asking for 1.6 trillion in new tax revenue over 10 years, boehner is offering half that. the president offering 600 billion dollars in cuts to medicare and other programs. the speaker says that is not enough. he hasn't outlined what he thinks should be cut. if they can't avoid the fiscal cliff, january 1st, nearly every american will pay more income tax between $2,000 to $2400 for the average family, 2% cut in payroll taxes will disappear, 500 billion dollars in automatic spending cuts in effect, half at the pentagon the ot
are going over the cliff, it is clear they've made a political calculation. >> reporter: president obama and his team are demanding that congress allow bush era tax cuts to expire. >> there is no responsible way we can govern this country with those low rates in place for future generations those rates have to go up. >> reporter: republicans have drawn a line in the sand on raising tax rates signaling they are open to raising revenue by reforming the tax code and limiting...
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that poses an issue or problem for obama administration. all of this in front of a world or at least 138 countries that were looking at this. they are saying get your act together. more left or right wing, disinterested fatigued world that no longer cares about the israeli-palestinian issue leaves the issue as the devices of the israelis and palestinians. that hasn't yielded any results. >> shannon: pinkus thank you for your time today. >> thank you. some thought the fight over healthcare was over but not so fast. supreme court breathes life to challenge of the healthcare law. that is coming up. arizona governor jan brewer facing another lawsuit. we will tell you who is suing and why next. [ whistle blows ] hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick me, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male ann
that poses an issue or problem for obama administration. all of this in front of a world or at least 138 countries that were looking at this. they are saying get your act together. more left or right wing, disinterested fatigued world that no longer cares about the israeli-palestinian issue leaves the issue as the devices of the israelis and palestinians. that hasn't yielded any results. >> shannon: pinkus thank you for your time today. >> thank you. some thought the fight over...
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. >> reporter: republicans say it's clear to them that president obama is not serious about negotiating. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:17. we asked some people in the bay area whether they think the president and congress will reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff by the end of the year. >> they both have this position that they are not willing to back down from. i don't think they will reach it. >> i'm hoping and praying that they do come together. >> i think this is all kind of a shadow dance that's going on and i'm not sure exactly what's going on in the background. but i think the whole fiscal cliff is wildly exaggerated. >> a pew washington post poll shows more americans think the president and congress will not come to an agreement on how to avoid the fiscal cliff by the end of the year. 49% to 40%. >>> although the nhl season is still on ice, hockey will return to the hp pavilion in san jose. that's because the minor league will play a game december 17th there. they will take on the stockton thunder. the sharks say their season ti
. >> reporter: republicans say it's clear to them that president obama is not serious about negotiating. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 8:17. we asked some people in the bay area whether they think the president and congress will reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff by the end of the year. >> they both have this position that they are not willing to back down from. i don't think they will reach it. >> i'm hoping and...